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Stranded locals use rare truce to leave Moscow-occupied town in Ukraine

France 2430 October 2026, 16:44 UTCUkraine

Some residents of Oleshky, a Russian-occupied town in southern Ukraine ravaged by food and medicine shortages, left on Friday during a rare ceasefire brokered by the United States – due to end on Sunday evening. Ukrainian and Russian officials visited the town together on Friday, delivering aid and marshalling those who wanted to leave.

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